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President Trump is Unstable, Dangerous and Could Start Nuclear War, Doctors Warn
http://www.newsweek.com/president-trump-unstable-danger-nuclear-war-psychologists-warn-685029President Trump is Unstable, Dangerous and Could Start Nuclear War, Doctors Warn
By Linley Sanders On 10/14/17 at 1:13 PM
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Gartner said licensed psychologists have used "concrete, observable traits" to determine that Donald Trump has a "pervasive pattern" of exploiting and violating the rights of others. The evaluations are based on Trump's history, his statements and documented quotes of those close to him, Gartner said.
The boasting of sexual assault, allegedly not paying workers, the fraudulent Trump University case—Gartner said evidence points to malignant narcissism. The traits of malignant narcissism were coined by a German psychotherapist, Erich Fromm, who escaped Nazi Germany and developed the diagnosis to explain leaders who rose to power in World War II.
"It was his attempt to explain Hitler, to explain Stalin and sadistic megalomaniacal dictators like them," Gartner told Newsweek. "When malignant narcissists gain power they become flagrantly worse."
The key patterns of behavior in that diagnosis: bragging, paranoia, conspiracy theories, demonization of those who oppose him, lying, exploitation and bullying. Gartner rejects the theory that Trump presents a public persona or uses the tactics for calculated political strategy.
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